overdue

So I didn't end up posting at all about NaNo here while I was actually doing it. Oops. Better late than never, I guess?

It was definitely a challenge this year. For the first time in some years, it took me the entire month to finish. There were a lot of days where the words did not want to come. I really thought there was a possibility I might not finish. And my laptop was having problems, which certainly did not help. Luckily it waited until after I was done before it completely died (really just a couple hours after I finished the novel).

But I ended up liking this year's novel much more than I liked the crap I wrote last year. And don't get me wrong - this year's was crap as well. But it was crap that is not really painful to reread. It was about vampires. It was completely stupid, but in an I-am-writing-just-the-sort-of-lame-thing-I-secretly-like-to-read-but-would-never-admit-to-writing way.

I shouldn't have been ML again though. It had its moments of fun, but I really just didn't have the time to do a good job at it, and I pretty much fell apart at the end. Not the best way to end my last year of ML-ing (definitely last, as I'm going to be living in Japan when it's time for NaNo again and am not sure I'll even have time/energy/motivation to participate at all, let alone be in charge of anything).

So, a belated hurray for my 7th straight win. I'm glad I made it and, even with all the problems I had this year, I am glad that I decided to participate again.